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With crude-oil production peaking, the corporate suppliers of energy are aggressively pursuing other energy sources; nevertheless, because oil prices are currently in decline, demand for alternative energy products is lessening.


(A) because oil prices are currently in decline, demand for alternative energy products is lessening

(B) because of currently declining oil prices, alternative energy products are lower in demand

(C) in view of the current decline of oil prices, demand for alternative energy products is also declining

(D) being that oil prices are currently lessening in amount, so too is the demand for alternative energy products

(E) considering the fact that current oil prices are declining, demand for alternative energy products is lessening




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The correct answer is (A).

The original version is the best one. Choice (B) is nonsensical; lower appears to refer to energy products rather than to demand. In choice (C), the phrase in view of distorts the sentence’s meaning. Also, the idiom decline in is preferred over decline of. Choice (D) contains the awkward phrase being that. Also, prices are not said to lessen in amount, but rather decline or decrease. In choice (E), considering the fact that is wordy, and it distorts the meaning of the original sentence, unfairly suggesting that the lessening demand for alternative energy products is surprising.
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